Posted in Random Ramblings on Apr 30th, 2009 9 Comments »
Is it me or does he just get handsomer by the day? Ok, enough mama gushing. Superboy has re-joined the scouts after taking a little time off the past year or so and he is absolutely loving it. The troop here is very active and he has been having a blast camping on an island, [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Apr 29th, 2009 3 Comments »
Not sure if I agree with everything in this article, but the following sure resonated with what I have been pondering lately: “The plain fact is that the planet does not need more “successful” people. But it does desperately need more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of every shape and form. It needs people [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Apr 25th, 2009 38 Comments »
You know, sometimes I just get tired of it. There was another letter in my inbox today from someone wondering if homeschooling properly prepares children for “the real world.” Excuse me? Just exactly what world are they living in right now? As far as I’m concerned my children entered the real world at conception. And [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., science on Apr 23rd, 2009 9 Comments »
Yesterday was the third and final day for Superboy and JBug to complete the challenges I issued to them on monday, so they went right to work. Superboy wasted no time in setting his solar still out for a full day of sun. Concerned that he would not have enough water for the taste test [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., science on Apr 21st, 2009 4 Comments »
Today we had intended on getting to work right away continuing our challenges from yesterday, but we got distracted by breakfast with dad at IHOP, a lovely morning beach-combing walk, and a trip to the library. Then once home a brief rain shower delayed the start-up a bit longer, but eventually… …the sun came out [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., science on Apr 20th, 2009 17 Comments »
(5 totally worthless points if you can name the poem that my title came from and supply the next line) Today was a fantastic day, educationally speaking. This morning we picked up our new nature study book (Seaside Naturalist) and read the pages on ocean basics and sea water. We learned a few things, and [...]
Posted in art on Apr 17th, 2009 13 Comments »
Itching to try a fun new art form? Well, scratch that itch! We did! We got some of these scratch boards and had fun experimenting with them. We decided on an ocean theme for our pictures and then began scratching away! What fun! And very interesting and challenging working with light-on-dark rather than the usual [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Apr 15th, 2009 7 Comments »
Swirly stars revealed when a red cabbage is split open Bright yellow turmeric dye (turmeric dissolved in alcohol) Our lovely clutch. This was a pretty laid-back and casual approach to egg dying. I had seen some gorgeous results on people’s blogs from using various natural dyes, but we just used whatever we had on hand [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., Random Ramblings on Apr 13th, 2009 14 Comments »
Oh, I am such a slack blogger. It’s a wonder I have any readers left at all. (At least I think I still have a few. ) It’s not as if we’ve been super busy with no time to blog. Nor have we been super slack with nothing to blog about. I guess I am [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., Florida Keys on Apr 9th, 2009 11 Comments »
“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.”- Jawaharlal Nehru
